JPH1170911A - Facilities for manufacturing and packaging cigarette - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To maintain a high productivity of facilities for manufacturing and packaging products such as cigarettes for a long term by providing a packaging machine connected to two cigarette manufacturing machines for manufacturing cigarette packets approximately equal to the production output common to the two cigarette manufacturing machines. SOLUTION: A cigarette manufacturing and packaging plant comprises a cigarette manufacturing station 10 and a packaging station 11. The cigarette manufacturing station 10 comprises two cigarette manufacturing machines 12, 13, which are independently operated. Products produced by the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 are led to a first packaging machine 14 a common cigarette conveyer 15. The first packaging machine 14 manufactures standard type cigarette packets. Constant productivity of the packaging machine 14 is set so that the two machines 12, 13 can be operated together. The productivity of the two machines 12, 13 is equal in general. Therefore, entire facilities stop only at the time of a failure in the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 or in the packaging machine 14.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a tobacco production station and at least one tobacco conveyor.
The present invention relates to a facility for producing and packaging tobacco comprising a packaging station connected to a production station.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The production and packaging of tobacco on standby for shipment
Increasingly, high performance "lines", i.e., the production of cigarettes, is carried out by plants combined with tobacco packaging in a continuous process flow. Making tobacco is
Here, it must be matched to the capabilities of the subsequent packaging machine. A plant is known in which a cigarette maker (maker) laid along with a double truck is arranged in front of a high-performance packaging machine.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is therefore an object of the present invention to further develop and improve equipment for producing and packaging tobacco or similar products so that the overall power of the equipment is maintained over a long period of time. It is to be done.

[0004]

In order to achieve this object, the installation according to the invention is characterized in that the packaging machine for producing tobacco packets is connected to two tobacco production machines and that the packaging machine has a The characteristic is that the production volume is approximately equal to the (constant) production volume common to the two cigarette making machines.

In the plant according to the invention, there is a predetermined regulating action between the production and the packaging of tobacco, within the capacity. However, two separate, independent working cigarette makers (makers) are located in front of the common cigarette packet packing machine. The cigarettes produced by the two cigarette making machines are successively guided to a packaging machine, where they are made into cigarette packets.

A surprising advantage of this solution is that a high output of the installation is maintained over a long period of time. If an intermittent interruption in tobacco production occurs in one of the two production machines, the entire line will be reduced in production, that is to say almost half of the production. continue. Only if both manufacturing machines or both packaging machines fail, the entire facility must be shut down. Thus, there is a notable improvement in efficiency that is measured over time.

[0007] Another unique feature of the present invention resides in its clever combination of two tobacco making machines and the relative arrangement of the packaging machines. From a functional point of view, in particular, cigarette making machines arranged in a rectangular platoon and at an angle in plan view are associated with particular advantages.
These cigarette making machines are arranged on a common tobacco conveyor which transports the cigarettes to the cigarette wrapping machine, preferably on one loop conveyor which is provided above the tobacco making machine and simultaneously functions as a tobacco storage. Transfer preferably.

The wrapping machine is also provided with a film wrapping unit, that is, a so-called carton wrapping unit and a box wrapping unit, arranged in a special arrangement. The arrangement of all machines and devices is chosen so that one machine can monitor multiple machines.

[0009] Other aspects and features of the facility of the present invention are provided by way of example and are described in more detail below with the aid of the accompanying drawings.

[0010]

1 and 2, a complex tobacco production and packaging plant or installation waiting for shipment is schematically shown in plan view. This equipment basically comprises a cigarette manufacturing station 10 and a packaging station 11. The machines and devices of the manufacturing station 10 include:
The output is matched with the processing capacity of the cigarette packing station 11.

The cigarette making station 10 is composed of two cigarette making machines (so-called manufacturers) 12, 13, which are operated independently, that is, independently of each other. The products resulting from the two production machines 12, 13 are
It is led to the packaging machine 14. The first packaging machine 14 produces a standard type of cigarette packet. The current example is
1 shows a packaging machine 14 for producing soft pouch-type cigarette packets. The constant production capacity of the packaging machine 14 is set so that the two manufacturing machines 12, 13 can both perform processing operations. For reference, the (constant) production capacity of the two production machines 12, 13 is largely the same. Packaging machine 1
The production from 4 can be, for example, 700 cigarette packets / min. This means that each manufacturing machine 1
2, 13 means that almost 7,000 cigarettes are produced per minute.

The cigarettes produced from the two cigarette producing machines 12 and 13 are packed by the common cigarette conveyor 15 into the packaging machine 1.
Guided to 4. The tobacco conveyor 15 is in fact connected to a tobacco collection conveyor, ie a loop conveyor 16, which also functions as a tobacco reservoir due to its design and collection capacity. The tobacco conveyor 15 branches off from the loop conveyor 16 and has a substantially elliptical structure in this case.

A unique feature is the arrangement of two cigarette making machines 12, 13 in the area of the manufacturing station 10.
The production machines 12, 13 are arranged at right angles to each other.
The two legs 17, 18 have an angled or L-shaped profile. The form in the plan view of the manufacturing machines 12, 13 is determined by its function. The leg 17 is the extension of the production machine, ie the area where a continuous long cigarette is formed and wrapped by cigarette wrapping paper. The transverse leg 18 is a filter application unit, ie the machine in the area where the filter is attached to the cigarette. Leg 18
A connecting conveyor 19 is present as an extension of the legs 18, in contact with the free end of the filter application unit. The completed tobacco is guided to the transfer assembly 19 by the conveyor 19. In the area of the transfer assembly 19, the tobacco is transferred to the vertical conveyor 21.
Is transported upward into a loop conveyor or tobacco reservoir.

The two production machines 12, 13 are arranged in a special manner taking into account the form of the above-mentioned plan view. Rectangular shapes are limited. The L-shaped manufacturing machines 12, 13 are:
These insides face each other and on the opposite side of the rectangle diagonal, ie, "diagonal symmetry"
It is arranged so that it becomes. The longer leg 18 with the connecting conveyor 19 now extends over the long side of the rectangle, vertically below the longer straight sections 22, 23 of the loop conveyor 16. This arrangement of the production machines 12, 13 will on the one hand maximize the use of space. On the other hand, however, it is possible to monitor both production machines 12, 13 by one operator, who stays inside an enclosed or imaginary rectangle.

In the area of section 22, the tobacco conveyor 15 merging with the loop conveyor 16 in an arc,
In the present embodiment, it is provided above the packaging machine 14 and leads to a tobacco reservoir 24 which is also elongated and elliptical. The tobacco is led from this reservoir via a conveyor 25 on the lower side in the vertical direction to the packaging machine 14, if necessary, to a tobacco magazine 26 of known construction.

The completed packet of tobacco, without the outer covering of the film, is collected from the packet conveyor 27 at the exit of the packaging machine 14 and guided in a direction transverse to the longitudinal extension of the packaging machine 14, (2 tracks)
The film packaging unit 28 is reached. In the layout of FIG. 1, the packaging unit 28 is arranged in parallel with the packaging machine 14. In the area of the film packaging unit 28, a transparent foil or plastic film is applied.

The tobacco packets completed to this extent are transferred directly from the film packaging unit 28 to the carton packaging unit 29 in a direction transverse thereto. The carton packaging unit 29 is provided substantially orthogonal to the film packaging unit 28, that is, substantially in an L shape. Carton packaging unit 29 generally has 10
Make a (small) bundle of packets.

The bundle (of the carton) produced in the area of the carton packaging unit 29 is first further separated by a carton conveyor 30 into a packet weighing scale 3.
Transferred to 1. In these areas of the weighing scale 31, individual bundles or cartons are checked together with the accuracy of the design and / or the degree of filling. Additionally, a member is provided to check the bundle for undesired contents such as metal. Defective packets are eliminated here.

The bundle is guided from the packet weighing scale 31 in a direction transverse to the carton conveyor 30, that is, in a direction toward the packaging machine 14, and reaches the box packaging unit 32. In the area of the box packaging unit 32, the tobacco packets are ready for shipping.
That is, the bundle is wrapped in a box. The tobacco is thus ready to be shipped.

The film wrapping unit 28, the carton wrapping unit 29 and the box wrapping unit 32 are arranged to make maximum use of the floor surface. Furthermore, it is possible that the machine is monitored by a small number of workers who remain exclusively in the space enclosed by the machine, including the packaging machine 14.

The machine can be shaped in any suitable manner. However, if the film packaging unit 28
However, it is advantageous if it is shaped as detailed in DE 37 28 716. The carton packaging unit 29 conforms to DE 197 16
Corresponds to issue 930. DE 38 16 856. discloses advantageous embodiments of box packaging units.

FIG. 2 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 1 by having differences regarding the relative arrangement of the individual machines and assemblies. Manufacturing station 10 corresponds to the specific example of FIG. The elongate packaging machine 14 is arranged at right angles to the tobacco reservoir 24, ie parallel to the legs 18 of the production machines 12,13. Thus, in this example, the film packaging unit 28 that operates on one truck
Can be directly integrated with the packaging machine 14 as an extension. The carton packaging unit 29 includes the packaging machine 14
Aligned across. Carton conveyor 3
0 extends vertically above the machine. Ancillary assemblies, ie, a packet weighing scale 31 and a box packaging unit 32, are provided at the same positions as in the embodiment of FIG.

This results in the tobacco and packets forming a flow throughout from the external truck to the central area occupied by the machine and assembly, ie, the box packaging unit 32 located approximately centrally. It will be.

The loop conveyor 16 associated with the production station 10 can advantageously be shaped in the manner shown in DE 37 42 955. FIG. 3 shows the arrow of the loop 16.
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view along III. Cigarettes arriving from the production machines 12, 13 are guided upward by the vertical conveyor 21 to the loop conveyor 16. The loop conveyor 16 forms a multi-layered stream of cigarettes 34 on a belt conveyor 33 running around a vertical conveyor. This stream is constantly conveyed by the loop conveyor 16 in the direction of the arrow 35. In the area of the (one) discharge station 36,
The tobacco is guided down a discharge channel to a tobacco conveyor 15 leading to the packaging machine 14 in the manner already described.

Instead of two production machines 12, 13, the installation comprises a plurality of production machines, ie three production machines for producing cigarettes with partial output for a common packaging machine 14. Can be. Furthermore, the facility is suitable for producing and treating non-tobacco articles, as long as they are produced in a side-by-side fashion.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a cigarette manufacturing and packaging facility.

FIG. 2 is a view corresponding to FIG. 1, showing another specific example of equipment.

FIG. 3 is a side view of the installation along the arrow 3 in FIGS. 1 and 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

10: Manufacturing station, 11: Packaging station, 1
2, 13: manufacturing machine, 14: packaging machine, 15: cigarette conveyor, 16: loop conveyor, 17, 18 ... leg, 27
... Packet conveyor, 28 ... Film packaging unit,
31: Packet weight measuring scale, 32: Box packaging unit.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A production station (10) for producing cigarettes
And a packaging station (11) for producing tobacco packets. The packaging station (11) is connected to the production station (10) by at least one tobacco conveyor (15). Equipment for manufacturing and packaging cigarettes characterized by (a) One wrapping machine (14) at the packing station may be replaced by two independently operated brewing machines (12,
(B) The (constant) output of the packaging machine (14), which is connected to (13), almost corresponds to the common (constant) output of the two cigarette making machines (12, 13). Each manufacturing machine (12, 13) preferably has an output of the same scale and thus has approximately half the output of the packaging machine (14), 2. The tobacco produced by the two production machines (12, 13) is introduced into a tobacco reservoir located above the production machines (12, 13), in particular via a tobacco conveyor (15). Wrapping machine (14)
2. The installation according to claim 1, characterized in that it is guided into a closed loop conveyor (16) connected to the conveyor. 3. The equipment according to claim 1, wherein the equipment is characterized by the following (a), (b), (c) and (d). (a) The two manufacturing machines (12, 13) have an angled or L-shaped outer shape in plan view. (b) The two manufacturing machines (12, 13) are manufacturing machines. (C) L-shaped manufacturing machine (12,13) wherein both corners of (12,13) are symmetrical with respect to each other diagonally and are arranged so as to occupy (imaginary) rectangular corners
Has two legs (17,18) of different lengths, the longer legs (18) extending on opposite sides of the (virtual) rectangular long sides, (d) two machines The longer legs (18) of (12,13) form a filter application assembly that attaches the filter to the cigarette, 4. A loop conveyor (16) arranged above two manufacturing machines (12, 13) has an elongated portion extending linearly.
A vertical conveyor (21), which has a substantially elliptical shape with (22,23) and moves tobacco from the production machine (12,13) to the loop conveyor (16), is located in the area of the elongated portion (22,23). And wherein the longer leg (18) of the machine extends substantially below the elongated portion (22, 23) of the loop conveyor (16). Facility. 5. A film packaging unit (28) arranged parallel to the packaging machine (14) is provided so as to be connected to the packaging machine (14) via a packet conveyor (27), and the carton packaging unit is Connected to the packet conveyor (27) in the direction transverse thereto, the bundle produced by the carton packaging unit
The film packaging unit (28) can be transferred to a box packaging unit (32) arranged inside the space surrounded by the packaging machine and the manufacturing machine. The point corresponding to the substantially parallel direction, and the box packaging unit (32), in particular, the packet weighing scale (31) on the upstream side of the box packaging unit (32), the direction in which the packet is transported substantially crosses the box packaging unit (32). The facility according to claim 1, wherein the equipment is characterized in that it coincides with